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PwC GlobalVATOnline is an online subscription service. It provides up-to-date business critical information on VAT/GST, customs, excise and environmental tax rates, rules and requirements around the world to help you maintain control, mitigate risk and improve the overall effectiveness of your indirect tax function.

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GlobeSearch is where we provide you with access to comprehensive, business critical information on VAT/GST rates, rules and requirements in over 80 countries, across six continents: Europe (including all 28 EU member states), North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. All information is regularly updated by PwC VAT/GST specialists who reside in the countries and is accompanied by extensive supporting documentation such as copies of return forms, links to useful websites (e.g. tax authority websites) and more.

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The VAT news service we offer assists you in keeping on top of important VAT/GST and customs duty developments from over 120 countries across six continents - Europe (including all EU Member States), North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. This also includes commentaries on more recent proposals and current decided cases regarding global tax. Hyperlinks to applicable subjects, case law and necessary documentation is involved. You have also got the option to receive our weekly newsletter sent direct to your email inbox giving you an overview of the most recent developments and newsflashes, which inform you of breaking developments as and when they occur.

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This section contains a variety of tools and services aimed to ease the burden on Indirect Tax compliance functions. These include automation tools, reporting tools, filing tools, validation services and return and registration forms. Please use the drop down box below to see which tools and services are included in each subscription level.

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Emergency tax measures in response to COVID-19

16 October 2020

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) threat, many countries around the world are implementing emergency tax breaks to support their economies. We have published a special report summarising the emergency measures announced by a number of these territories and will add others when available. Measures being implemented include delayed VAT remittances to give businesses a cash flow boost, or cuts in VAT/ GST rates to help the worst affected sectors, such as consumer, tourism/hospitality, or in respect of medical supplies.

Tax authority 'Brexit Action List' for UK - EU trade

30 September 2020

The tax authority, HMRC, recently sent a letter to every UK VAT registered business, outlining the actions to be taken by those trading goods with the EU in a post-Brexit transition period. In this article, Matthew Clark, head of PwC’s UK Customs, Excise and International Trade team, reviews the content of that letter and ways that PwC can help businesses prepare for Brexit.

Commission Explanatory Notes on e-Commerce VAT package

06 October 2020

The European Commission has published Explanatory Notes on the new VAT e-commerce package, containing detailed explanations and practical examples of how the new rules will affect suppliers and online marketplaces involved in e-commerce transactions. The changes being introduced from 1 July 2021 include extension of the Mini One-Stop Shop to a One Stop Shop to deal with all types of cross-border services to final consumers in the EU (where the place of taxation is in the EU) as well as distance sales of goods to EU consumers; removal of the import VAT exemption for low value consignments, with VAT on distance sales of goods not exceeding €150 from outside the EU being accounted for via an Import One Stop Shop (IOSS), or an alternative simplified mechanism for customs declarants (eg, postal operators, couriers etc) to collect the import VAT; and new rules for electronic interfaces such as marketplaces or platforms, which deem them for VAT purposes (in certain scenarios) to be the supplier of goods sold to customers in the EU, and make them liable for collecting and paying VAT on these sales.